I’m an excitable person..I know.. but I have to say it’s been awhile since i was as excited about a project as I am about the Vermont Fab. The FabLab ,, or I should say Fablabs. will be the first makerspace/hackerspaces in the state of Vermont. If you haven’t heard of a makerspace or hackerspace, just go out and google those words. What you’ll find is pointers to hundreds of do-it-yourself  rapid prototyping facilities that are sprouting up all over the world . The idea is to get sophisticated tooling like 3D printers, 3d scanners, laser cutters, electronic test equipment, vinyl cutters etc.  into the hands of college students, high school students, artists, entrepreneurs, inventors and anyone else who needs them.. or at least wants to try them out.  I’m helping to create two spaces here in Vermont. The first is going to be at UVM in Votey hall. We already have our 3d printer, laser cutter and electronics bench up and running. It’s going to be made available first to the Senior Engineering students for their SEED projects.. and then to the general public by way of Continuing Education programs.   Some of those Continuing Ed classes may actually be paid for by State grants for high tech training for high school students and entrepreneurs.We’re planning a grand opening on May 2nd. More on that as it gets closer. !

The second facility will be at Essex Tech Center and will be available for the Tech Center students and the general public through similar continuing ed programs. That program will be opening for business next fall. Stay tuned for that..

. We’re looking for people interested in contributing money. equipment and expertise. If you have any or all of those.. please  let me know  Come help us make soemthing really cool for Vermont.

For news on both facilities  http://vermontfablab.org.. or check out Vermontfablab on Facebook

nite all, nite sam

-me